Ten plus months have gone by since the St. Thomas Aquinas football team has been together, playing in a game.
That all should come to an end this evening – when the Raiders and head coach Roger Harriott, shine those helmets for the first time in the 2020 season.
With two wins to start the season, head coach Joe Burmeister and his Florida Christian football team continues to make major strides in building the Patriots.
Losing to Somerset Academy Silver Palms (14-13) to open the year, this program flexed some muscle with a 16-7 win over rival Westminster Christian and a convincing 52-7 victory against Marathon.
When Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons play host to 0-1 Monsignor Pace this evening (7:00), it will be the culmination of months and months of waiting for this moment to unfold.
Head Coach Matt Dubuc and his football team has talked about this season since losing to eventual state champion Miami Booker T. Washington in the 4A playoffs.
Thanks to a few south Florida high schools, last Friday night turned out to be special – in many ways.
When Miami Belen Jesuit said that there would be NO media or recruiting services allowed at the game, the first question was why? The second thing is why would you NOT expose your student/athlete who has been hidden away for the past six months?
Since that heart-breaking loss to Miami Booker T. Washington last November, Miami Gulliver Prep has been hungry to get back on the field.
With a chance to get to the state championship game last year and come so close, head coach Earl Sims and this football team have a purpose in 2020 – and while the pandemic delayed the start, it will be tough to deny the No. 1 seed in 4A from a year ago, the chance to battle Cardinal Gibbons, St. Petersburg Lakewood and Cocoa to get to the title game in December.